A former longtime Middleborough resident fatally shot his daughter and stabbed an ex-Stoughton man during an argument in Florida, police said.

Police in Spring Hill, Florida, responded to 451 Rio Vista Court about 3:46 a.m. Monday after a resident of the home reported a shooting, the Brockton Enterprise reported.

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Deputies arrived about 3:54 a.m. and found two victims suffering from injuries, said Denise Moloney, a spokeswoman for the Hernando County Sheriff's Office in Florida.

The caller told police she saw the homeowner "fumbling with the firearm, which had just jammed and attempted to disarm him," after hearing gunshots from her rented room, Moloney said.

The man, identified by police as 64-year-old Jose Walter Medeiros, then threatened to kill the 50-year-old woman who had called the police.

The incident began when Medeiros was socializing with his daughter, Nancy Walker, and friend, Fernando Manuel Silva, inside his home that morning.

"At some point, a verbal altercation took place," Moloney said. "The verbal altercation escalated and Medeiros retrieved a firearm and shot his daughter and Silva."

After the other resident tried to disarm Medeiros, he went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife, and then stabbed Silva, Moloney said.

"Medeiros walked out of the house and waited for deputies in the front yard," Moloney said. "He was taken into custody without incident."

Walker, 44, who was raised in Stoughton, was taken by ambulance to Bayfront Health Spring Hill, where she later died from her injuries.

Silva, 58, was taken to a local trauma center and remains in the intensive care unit.Medeiros, who lived on Wareham Street in Middleboro for close to 20 years, and also had connections to Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton and Cape Cod, was arrested.

He is charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is being held without bail.

Silva lived in Stoughton on Turnpike Street for about 12 years, before moving to South Carolina and then Florida, according to assessors' records.

Walker's last known address wasn't available, but police believe she had been staying with her father in Spring Hill.